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Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Re: Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Post by dylan604 »

pigcat wrote: post #8
solardev wrote: post #3

Set up a Google Photos shared album, and an equivalent iPhone one (don't know how it works there, but presumably they have one?) Let guests choose which one to upload to. Do some hourly backend sync between the two. https://www.multcloud.com/tutorials/sync-google-photos-to-ic... Also, congrats!!

I hadn't considered setting up two shared albums to meet people on their platform, so thanks for that idea!

You might want to browse through this HN post about Google Drive losing data that's on the front page at the same time your AskHN is:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38431743

within the comments, there's people also complaining about losing photos as well. just so you're fully informed

Re: Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Post by dhruvmittal »

solardev wrote: post #3

Set up a Google Photos shared album, and an equivalent iPhone one (don't know how it works there, but presumably they have one?) Let guests choose which one to upload to. Do some hourly backend sync between the two. https://www.multcloud.com/tutorials/sync-google-photos-to-ic... Also, congrats!!

I asked all of our friends to upload to a Google Photos shared album. Most of my friends use Android and most of my wife's friends use Apple-- didn't hear any complaints about Google Photos. Our experience was that most people have a google account anyways and are familiar enough with Google Photos.

The people I asked for advice said that they'd prefer to download Google Photos to upload/view photos vs. a third-party service that didn't require them to download anything (i.e. Synology photo request).

Re: Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Post by ua741 »

pigcat wrote: post #8
solardev wrote: post #3

Set up a Google Photos shared album, and an equivalent iPhone one (don't know how it works there, but presumably they have one?) Let guests choose which one to upload to. Do some hourly backend sync between the two. https://www.multcloud.com/tutorials/sync-google-photos-to-ic... Also, congrats!!

I hadn't considered setting up two shared albums to meet people on their platform, so thanks for that idea!

One problem that I often encounter is that people either don't use Google Photos/iCloud, or they don't have sufficient free space in their cloud storage account to upload photos/videos. Additionally, in the case of Google Photos, if the person has configured Standard Quality for their personal account backup, the shared photos will not be in the original quality.

Re: Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Post by muststopmyths »

>If anyone from WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal/etc is reading this, I would pay a lot for a "Pro" account to have high-res photo uploads for my wedding/music festival/travel/etc group chats

Doesn't Telegram allow full-resolution sharing of pictures out of the box ?

Unfortunately, you'll probably get people sharing whichever way they're most comfortable with and have to ask them specifically for originals.

Re: Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Post by dylan604 »

PaulHoule wrote: post #2

It is something wedding photographers should offer. I've seen wedding photographers expand the traditional model and set up Purikura so people can take their own group photos: https://www.jrpass.com/blog/say-cheese-the-ultimate-guide-to... Pro photographers are ideally equipped for some the tough problems in wedding photography (the reception dinner that is poorly lit, large group photos, etc.) but there is going to…

The wedding photographer better be able to add an additional line item for services you are requesting. I have worked on site specifically for allowing group events to allow attendees to share their images directly from their phones. A QR code was provided that took them directly to the event's site. These images were available along with the professional photographers' images.

It is A LOT of work. You're specifically talking about an event with everyone's mom gathered together. The tech support for a site like this based on the users being targeted is a total nightmare. The simplest tasks are confounding to people. UI/UX definitely has a lot of heavy lifting to do here. This may or may not be the wedding photog's skillset.

The wedding photog has enough on their plate to deal with. I personally would not want them to be asked to provide tech support to tech illiterate family/friends of bridezilla.

Re: Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Post by [deleted] »

pigcat wrote: post #7
h1fra wrote: post #4

I have used https://www.wedshoots.com/ few months ago. Never underestimate your guests to not understand tech or not even bother uploading anything, even if they love you. If I had to do it again I would stick to WhatsApp and manually ask to get high res for the best pictures.

Honestly this might be the way. As you correctly pointed out I'm concerned even a Google Photos/iPhoto shared album is too much friction for most people.

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Re: Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Post by devoutsalsa »

solardev wrote: post #3

Set up a Google Photos shared album, and an equivalent iPhone one (don't know how it works there, but presumably they have one?) Let guests choose which one to upload to. Do some hourly backend sync between the two. https://www.multcloud.com/tutorials/sync-google-photos-to-ic... Also, congrats!!

For Google Photos, make sure to set the "BACKUP QUALITY FOR PHOTOS & VIDEOS" option to "Original quality". It's the very top radio button under the settings (for my using Google Chrome on my laptop). Can't miss it.

Re: Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Post by dvngnt_ »

muststopmyths wrote: post #14

>If anyone from WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal/etc is reading this, I would pay a lot for a "Pro" account to have high-res photo uploads for my wedding/music festival/travel/etc group chats Doesn't Telegram allow full-resolution sharing of pictures out of the box ? Unfortunately, you'll probably get people sharing whichever way they're most comfortable with and have to ask them specifically for originals.

I think if you choose file, it will share the uncompressed file vs photo from gallery

Re: Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Post by bilekas »

muststopmyths wrote: post #14

>If anyone from WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal/etc is reading this, I would pay a lot for a "Pro" account to have high-res photo uploads for my wedding/music festival/travel/etc group chats Doesn't Telegram allow full-resolution sharing of pictures out of the box ? Unfortunately, you'll probably get people sharing whichever way they're most comfortable with and have to ask them specifically for originals.

Telegram does intact have "lossless" image transfer.. might not be suitable on a mobile device though with space considerations and lack of cloud sync by design.

Re: Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?

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Post by bilekas »

Espressosaurus wrote: post #6

I've used a shared google drive or google photos to good enough effect, but that presumes nobody is running short on space. I've also seen some screwiness however so I'll be watching with interest what other people suggest.

I was just going to suggest this.. it's one of the easier for non techy people to understand too from what I've noticed.
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